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The Pastoralists' Union of New South Wales was formed at a meeting attended by representatives from most districts of the State on 9 July 1890. This followed an attempt two years earlier to form a sheepowners' association. Branches were set up in 1890 and district committees were appointed in 1891. The name of the organisation was changed in October 1916 to the Graziers' Association of New South Wales.

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In October 1916, the Pastoralists' Union of New South Wales changed its name to the Graziers' Association of New South Wales. On 1 January 1978 it merged with the United Farmers' and Woolgrowers' Association to form the Livestock and Grain Producers' Association of New South Wales, which in 1987 became the NSW Farmers' Association.

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The Livestock and Grain Producers' Association of New South Wales was formed on 1 January 1978 when the Graziers' Association of New South Wales and the United Farmers' and Woolgrowers' Association of New South Wales merged. It was renamed the NSW Farmers' Association on 1 January 1987.

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The NSW Farmers' Association dates from 1 January 1987 when the Livestock and Grain Producers' Association of New South Wales changed its name. It is a constituent member of the National Farmers' Federation.

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The United Farmers' and Woolgrowers' Association of New South Wales was formed in 1962 from a merger of the Farmers' and Settlers' Association (c. 1893) and the Wool and Wheat Growers' Association which had split from the Farmers' and Settlers' Association in 1930. In 1968 it amalgamated with the Australian Primary Producers' Union (NSW Division) and the Apple and Pear Growers' Association, and with the Vegetable Growers' Association in 1969. It was registered as the United Farmers' and Woolgrowers' Industrial Association of New South Wales in 1969. On 1 January 1978 the United Farmers' and Woolgrowers' Association of New South Wales merged with the Graziers' Association of New South Wales to form the Livestock and Grain Producers Association of New South Wales. The Dairy Section then split off to merge with the NSW Milk Producers' Association and the Primary Producers' Union to form the NSW Dairy Farmers' Association.

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Correspondence files (1961-1982) classified as Agriculture, Diseases and Pests, Economics, Government and Politics, Industrial, Meat and Livestock, Organisation (internal), Settlement and Land, Transport, Communication and Education, Wool, Horticulture and Poultry. Annual reports of the Pastoralists' Union of NSW and the Graziers' Association of NSW (1904-1970), minutes of the Executive Committee, District Councils, Committees and Branches, membership registers (1891-1925), annual reports of the United Farmers' and Woolgrowers' Association of New South Wales (1969-1977), papers of wool inquiries and conferences, press cuttings relating to Wool Reserve Price Scheme and printed material. Includes copies of records of the Pastoralists' Union Inter-Colonial Conference (Melbourne, 1890) and other State farmers' organisations.